Nothing Sharp about the “Ice Cider Queen” Eleanor Léger is affectionately dubbed the Ice Cider Queen by many followers, most notably this podcast. She founded Eden Specialty Cider in 2007, the year of the first harvest of apples for producing Ice Cider at Eden. The act of freezing apple juice outdoors during the coldest days … Read more
Orchardist Ben Applegate on Apple in Cold Climates Ben is the Orchard Manager at Eden Specialty Cider based in northern Vermont and shares his insight on cold climates and apple varieties and orchard tips. This chat took place at Eden’s orchards based in what is known as the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont in the town … Read more
CiderDays 2.0 Cider Dinner on November 5, 2022 with 6 outstanding women producers from the east coast at the Hawks and Reed Performing Art Center in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Dine with: Judith Maloney of West County Cider (MA) Lisa Laird Dunn of Lairds & Company (NJ) Louisa Spencer of Farnum Hill Cider & Poverty Lane Orchard (NH) … Read more
Budgeting money effectively is critical whether you are managing a household or a commercial business such as a cidery. In this episode of Cider Chat I speak with Eleanor Leger of Eden Specialty Cider based Vermont now in it’s 10th year of business. Two years ago, she started a blog call Cidernomics.com. In this chat … Read more
How Ice Cider is Made Ice Cider is made by freezing fresh pressed apple juice. The first element to freeze in the process is the water that is naturally occurring in all apples to a less or greater degree. As the water freezes, the pure liquid apple juice (sans the water) is extracted and then … Read more
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